Coyotes Open their Ring to Honor Leighton Accardo
by
Alex Kinkopf
@AEKinkopf
/ Arizona Coyotes
Carly Accardo says the biggest fear of a parent who has lost a child is the fear of that child being forgotten.
The Coyotes are doing their best to soothe, just a bit, that fear. Arizona will induct Carly's daughter, Leighton Accardo, into the team's Ring of Honor, Saturday, making a legacy of her memory.
And a lasting one.
Leighton, a skater with the Kachinas hockey program, passed away, at age nine, November 24 from Stage Four cancer. Her life and spirit will be honored prior to the Coyotes 3 p.m. game against St. Louis at Gila River Arena.